97. THE COMB-DUCK. 



Sarcidiornis melanonota, (PENNANT). 



Primaries uniformly black. 

 Axillaries black. 



Head and neck white, mottled with 

 black. 



MALE: Lower back grey; rump black; 



wing about 15. 

 FEMALE : Lower back and rump grey; 



wing under 12. 



VERNACULAR NAMES \-Nukta, Hind. ; 

 Nakwa, Chutia Nagpur ; Naki hansa, 

 Uriya ; Jutu chilluwa, Telugu ; Dod 

 sarle haki, Canarese ; Neer koli, Coim- 

 batore ; Tau-bay, Burmese. ; Bowkbang, 

 Karen. 



THE Comb-Duck, Nukta, or the Black- 

 backed goose of Dr. Jerdon, is found 

 as a permanent resident over almost the 

 entire Indian Empire. 



On the north-west, its limits are the 

 Ravi and Indus rivers. On the north, it 

 is found to* the foot of the Himalayas, 

 but it does not appear to enter the valleys. 

 From the Himalayas, this species extends 

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